Weekend Wind?

[Chris Klohn]

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PZZ132-010530-
EAST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
300 PM PST SAT NOV 30 2013


...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

TONIGHT...SE WIND 5 TO 15 KT...RISING TO 20 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. RAIN.

SUN...SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING W 30 TO 40 KT WIND WAVES 5 TO 7 FT. RAIN.

SUN NIGHT...W WIND 25 TO 35 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT. RAIN.

MON...W WIND 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT.

[Alton]

Hey Chris - I'm getting excited.

Looks like your forecast is the same as NWwind.net
(eastern entrance strait of juan de fuca)

http://www.nwwind.net/regionfcst.php?fcst=50
or http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/foreca ... pzz132.txt

[Chris Klohn]

Getting excited...................


This is WTFBC right Everything is looking pretty sweet 16 hours out. The head forecaster, Albrecht, has said the confidence is very high for a Westerly wind event in all areas bordering Juan De Fuca Strait tomorrow. I just hope the snow holds off until later on the Coquihalla. You'll love the swell and waves tomorrow Alton, smooth, smooth, smooth................and big.

Cheers,

Chris

[C36]

Loaded and ready to go. It will be interesting to see what the morning brings!

[Alton]

Delaying departure for Whidbey until 6am.

http://www.nwwind.net/regionfcst.php?fcst=50 reads:
se wind 10 to 20 kt switching to w 25 to 35 kt late morning

[Alton]

Whidbey NAS METAR/TAF is delaying westerly until evening.
Maybe SSW will work? Hmmmm .... now undecided

Sun 8am SSW 20g27
Sun 7pm WSW 25g38

[Alton]

Locust Beach is blowing S 27g32 at 5:55am


Bellingham METAR/TAF is forecasting it to last.

[C36]

To be honest I have no sense of what to watch for at WI, but "Sun 8am SSW 20g27
Sun 7pm WSW 25g38" sounds better than anything forecast for us here locally (and to my understanding ebey landing works on WSW. NOAA text forecast is better with it being W by late morning. It would be nice to know what Chris thinks. On standby.

[Chris Klohn]

Hi Dave,

Chris is in Merritt braving 15cm of fresh snow on the coquihalla with the worse part still to come

Basically, you are good with anything from South through to WNW at Whidbey. You get a big Venturi effect between the Olympics and the Cascades and it's very rare to have less wind there than locally.

Keep an eye on Sheringham, Race and Smith for the switch to Westerly. Locust is a good safe bet if it hasn't gone West yet. Rip it up there then make the extra 1.2 hour drive south when it switches a West at Whidbey.

I'm heading straight to either Ebey or Joseph Whidbey depending on the direction. Now back to the whiteout...........

Cheers,

Chris

[Alton]

Chris - safe travels

I'm leaning towards Locust since already blowing and tide is high all day. Then as you suggested head to Whidbey if conditions change. Still on the fence but I'll make my decision soon before the border line up builds.